Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-24
VIRGINIA NEWS.

captains OF Tue EnSiisu suips III tne maroon
are making preparations to celebrate the
Queens birthday.
The several weeks dry spell In Norfolk
and vicinity was broken yesterday by heavy
showers lasting all day, saving the truckers
thousands of dollars.
The bill to remove the disabilities of Page
MeCarsy and VIM l.. Royal, incurred un.
der the anti duelling act, was passed by the
Legislature yesterday.
Mr.. ]. G. Moore, we'll known citizen Of
Manchester, was stricken with paralysis
Sunday night, and his condition since then
has been such as 10 excite the alarm of his
friends.
Among the things that ought not to have
been done at the extra session of the Legis.
laiure is the enactment of law giving the
Governor power TO remove treasures for
accepting coupons in payment OF taxes.
A resolution expressive of appreciation Of
the efforts of Hon. William f. Gladstone.
Hon. Charles Stuart Parnell and their fol.
lowers to obtain home rule for Ireland and
disapproval of coercion, was adopted yes
terday by the Legislature.
1t is said that the author Of the resolution
offered in tho Legislature proposing to re-
pudiate all the State debt not funded in
specified time will bring that subject Up in
the democratic State convention when il
meets.
A syndicate Of Washington and New
York capitalists have concluded the puG-
chase of the Seaboard Compress Works
wharves and warehouses in both Norfolk
and Portsmouth, and in the fall will CON.
mence large operations They paid $3.50.
600 for the property.
The State Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Mr.. George Perkins, of Able.
marie, member of The Board of Visitors Of
the University Of Virginia, and Capt A. D.
Payne, of Fauquer, member Of the Board of
Visitors of the Virginia Agricultural aud
Mechanical College.
In competitive trial of skill before
crowded house in the Court House hall,
Winchester, on Friday night, the declaim.
Academy was won by Victor Lee Denny, of
Clarke, and the debater's gold medal by
Holmes Boyd, of Winchester.
Among the decisions in the U. S. Supreme
Court yesterday was that of George Gibson,
ct al, appellants, VS.. H. H. Schufeldt & Co,
ct al; appeal from the Circuit Court of the
United States for the eastern district OF Vir-
GINA appeal dismissed for the want of ju
risdicton as to all the appellees except the
Mill Creek Distilling Company.
The furnace at the Shenandoah iron
works, on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad,
i'll Page county, has shut down owing TO q
failure TO secure coke by reason of the strike
in Pennsylvania About one hundred and
fifty men are thrown out of employment
The ore banks employing some three hun
dred men are still being worked.
The following Virginia postmasters have
been appointed, viz: Julia A. Rodgers, Buff
falO Forge, Rock bridge county +. III. Hern-
don, Horizons Store, Prince William county
Emily F. Quesenberry, Port Royal, Caro-
line county; Ebert S. Stoners, Repass,
Bland county; A. G.. Thornton, Thorough
fare, Prince William county John Ran
dolph, Midway, Appomattox county.
Commonweaths Attorney R. E. Byrd of
Frederick county, has procured new in.
dictment against Rdenour, who was con.
victed of murder in the first degree at the
last term of the court, bat who waa granted
new trial. MIR. Byrd will decide to-day
whether to bring the accused to trial under
the old indictment or the new one, and will
ask a continuation of the case to the next
term.
In the State Senate yesterday Gen. Wick
ham in defence of the council OF the British
bondholders said they had been polite and
courteous TO the members Of the committee,
and he believed them to be gentlemen.
Their desire to look into the financial
affairs of the State was very natural, and
made more so by the fact that the state.
ment furnished by the Treasurer showed
the receipts to have been larger than the
Auditors statement calculated them to be-
He said that while the circular about which
there had been so much talk might be cal.
culated to misead some, he did not believe
it was go intended. What it contained was
true; only it did not go far enough.